A Power Model for Register-Sharing Structures

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  • Balaji V. Iyer
  • Thomas M. Conte
چکیده

Register files (RF) are known to consume about 20% of the power inside a processor. Embedded systems, due to area and timing constraints, generally have small register files, which can cause significant register pressure. This work explores how having a map-table or a map-vector can decrease the power dissipation in the processor. The distribution of register writes and sharing of commonly occurring values such as ‘0’ is investigated. It is shown that systems with small register files obtain a greater power reduction than larger register files when these sharing structures are used. Finally, the proposed power model comes within 95% accuracy when compared using benchmarks on a synthesized Verilog softcore processor.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008